Making Doll Clothes

Doll clothes were the very reason I was inspired to learn how to sew. This past Christmas I was shopping for doll clothes for my niece because she, like every other little girl her age, is obsessed with her 18″ American Girl doll.

I found some people selling these clothes in a mall in my town. I asked them if they made the doll clothes themselves and they said they just bought them wholesale and sold them. I thought it would be kind of smart to cut out the middle man and just make some myself. Plus I only found one outfit I liked among their table of clothing because the style seemed kind of outdated. I know I can visualize, and hopefully create better outfits then they had to choose from.

So far, I am looking for simple tutorials on how to make dresses, shirts, pants, etc and then maybe I’ll get a little more creative and venture into making my own patterns!

This is a simple dress from a tutorial I found online and it comes with a free pattern. It was pretty easy to make and would be fun to experiment with different patterns.